Good Luck Nwaba...glad his NBA dream is coming true._________________"This game's in the refrigerator. The door is closed, the lights are out. the eggs are coolin', the butter's gettin' hard and the jello's jigglin'."
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I think letting him go was more because we drafted Hart. It would have been hard to find minutes for both next year.

Well, Hart may not be an NBA player at all, and the Lakers have two roster spots open on a team with four guards, including one (JC) they'll need to trade for nothing in order to afford two max FAs next summer.

And Nwaba could have easily been the best guard defender on next year's squad unless Hart surprises as a rookie.

Lakers wanted to bring him back according to Tania LA Times. Nice guy, really athletic and a crowd favorite._________________Nobody in the NBA can touch the Laker brand, which, like the uniform color, is pure gold.

Perhaps we'll get him back when we trade for Wade in the Deng salary dump. _________________"I like looking at a guy's face when he realizes that even his best moves aren't going to work on me all night. They look depressed." - Ron Artest

I'm disappointed we didn't have the opportunity to retain Nwaba. He's exactly the kind of role player you'd need on a contending team who could also be had for cheap. Nwaba is athletic, a very good slasher, and a hustler who appeared to be a great compliment to Lonzo. I loved seeing their chemistry develop in SL when Nwaba would be running the wing and Lonzo would find him in stride for an easy basket. Not to mention his defense, which was tenacious._________________Check out my podcast, I Heart Basketball!

_________________"Stats are killing basketball. This is a very subjective game, a lot of things happen that you can't measure with stats. Very different details matter. The way I see basketball, the most important things don't show up in statistics." - Marc Gasol

I'm disappointed we didn't have the opportunity to retain Nwaba. He's exactly the kind of role player you'd need on a contending team who could also be had for cheap. Nwaba is athletic, a very good slasher, and a hustler who appeared to be a great compliment to Lonzo. I loved seeing their chemistry develop in SL when Nwaba would be running the wing and Lonzo would find him in stride for an easy basket. Not to mention his defense, which was tenacious.

Good luck to Nwaba.....hopefully we can find a way to make him a laker in the future.